Archive for June 15th, 2006

  • Skype- Is it Really Worth $4.1 Billion

     Tech Search
    We’ve finally seen more plans for eBay-Skype integration, and the upshot of them are clear: eBay got played for a sucker when it paid up to $4.1 billion for Skype.
    The newest plans show that there will be a new SkypeMe “Ask The Seller a Question” feature in 14 of eBay U.S categories. In addition, […]

  • ProStores Six Makeover Winners

     DM News
    Entrepreneur magazine and eBay’s ProStores selected six small businesses for an e-commerce makeover in the eBusiness Boost Challenge announced at the eBay Live conference at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.
    The six winners are Racewax.com, Spirit Work Knitting and Designs Inc., American Diamond Importers, Moms on Edge and The Busted Knuckle Garage. They […]

  • eBayers Share Opinions with PayPal Panel

     Auction Bytes
    While the PayPal panel at the eBay Live conference on Wednesday was lightly attended, those who were there had some strong feelings about using PayPal, primarily regarding cross-border trading and dispute resolution issues.
    One attendee had traveled all the way from the UK to make his point. He said he sells on eBay.com, and pays […]

  • Latest PayPal Spoof

     WDBJ7
     
    PayPal is a popular option for eBay shoppers to pay for their items. That makes PayPal users popular prey for the scam artists.
    The latest scam is an email being sent out saying that data was lost due to computer problems. It asks users to update their personal and financial information. These “spoof” web sites try […]

  • Gbuy Not Direct Competition To PayPal

     Reuters
    In ternet search leader Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is testing a system that aims to speed purchases online but bears no resemblance to the popular PayPal payments service of Web auctioneer eBay (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research), Google’s chief executive said on Thursday.
    Analysts have speculated whether Google would enter into direct competition with PayPal, […]

  • Interview with eBay’s Government Relations People

     Auction Bytes
    eBay’s Vice-President & Deputy General Counsel for Government Relations Tod Cohen sat down with AuctionBytes to discuss some of the lobbying efforts eBay conducts on behalf of users and itself.
    AuctionBytes: What do you actually do to help get eBay’s position across to legislators on Capitol Hill?
    Cohen: Main Street program is the most important tool […]

  • eBay Sellers Getting Hi-Tech

     Washington Post
    At the seminars here this year, eBay sellers are showing an amazing boost in familiarity with technology compared with similar sessions I attended last year and the year before.

    The exhibit floor at eBay Live. (Leslie Walker-The Washington Post)
    Yesterday I sat through a jam-packed session on “search engine optimization.” It was about how sellers can […]

  • Highlights of eBay Live in Las vegas

     SF Gate
     Ebay Live, the online marketplace’s annual user convention, brought together a huge cross section of the Web site’s buyers and sellers this week in what is equal parts marketing extravaganza, gripe session and family reunion.
    The three-day event, which ends today, provided a window into the Internet’s biggest e-commerce community, where issues like listing fees, […]

  • eBay Sellers Seek Outside Networks To Help Grow

     Auction Bytes
    Although most of the action at this year’s eBay Live conference takes place in the Mandalay Bay hotel Convention Center, eBay sellers and software companies, being the resourceful bunch they are, have a whole host of events going on around Vegas and in different parts of the convention hotel.
     

    eBay Sellers check out the Alibaba.com […]